Review of À la conquête du pôle

Scholars from all over the world assemble in Paris, to discuss making a trip to the North Pole. Suffragettes want to be included, but the men throw them out of the room. An aeroplane is determined to be the mode of transportation. In a factory, workers build the airship. Along the way, professor Georges Melies and his crew see the signs of the zodiac. Arriving at the North Pole, the men are startled to find it inhabited - but not by the jolly man you may be expecting. This film is very much like Mr. Melies' "A Trip to the Moon" (1902), but more than twice as long and less than half as entertaining.

***** A la conquete du pole (1912) Georges Melies ~ Georges Melies, Fernande Albany